I tried that, and it tells me the variable is undefined and cannot test it. Which doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense. I tried your method first, and don't understand why it's not working.
-----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of yigit Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:45 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How do I test if a variable is defined? to test whether a variable exists or not if(varName) trace('exists'); else trace('does not exist'); Clinton D. Judy wrote On 01/31/2008 05:34 PM: > > No other explanation needed, really. How do I see if an > object/variable exists before I test other conditions of it? > > Unnecessary explanation: I use two completely separate mxml interfaces > that both use one as script file. One program is just missing some > information that the other one has. I'd like to keep using the same > script file, but it references a variable that exists in one file that > doesn't exist in the other file, and I need to make sure it exists > before I use it. > > Clinton Judy > > Web Developer > > Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links
